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<h2 align="center" style="border-bottom: none">A modern smart contract platform for Cardano</h2>
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## QuickStart
### Prerequisites
For now you'll need rust installed, see [rustup](https://rustup.rs).
### Getting started
In case you have fresh installation of `rustup` you might need to do:
```console
rustup install stable
```
```console
$ cargo install --git https://github.com/aiken-lang/aiken.git
$ aiken --help
```
Alternatively nix builds are available via [flakes](https://aiken-lang.org/getting-started#from-nix-flakes).
### How to use
For more information please see the [user manual](https://aiken-lang.org).
## Roadmap
Aiken defines its roadmap [using _Github Milestones_](https://aiken-lang.org/#roadmap).
The roadmap isn't set in stone, but gives a high-level overview of where the project is headed for.
## Contributing
Want to contribute? See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) to know how.
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> **Note**
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> The name comes from [Howard Aiken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_H._Aiken), an American physicist and a pioneer in computing.